The jury deliberated for just one hour and 48 minutes. Tenniswood, who sat in the dock with his head in his hands after the jury’s decision was announced, is due to be sentenced at 2.30pm this afternoon. (Tuesday).

His Honour Judge John Saunders said he would be passing a life sentence with a minimum term of at least 30 years.

Birmingham Crown Court heard during the trial that Miss Chipchase’s body was found in Tenniswood’s house on January 31 this year.

Christopher Donnellan QC, prosecuting, said Miss Chipchase was “led, steered or escorted” by Tenniswood to a taxi in Bridge Street in the early hours of January 30, which took her not to her home but to an area [near Stanley Road].”

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Mr Donnellan said it was the prosecution’s case that at the house in Stanley Road she was “raped and throttled” by the defendant and she died not long after.

He said: “The cause of her death: pressure on the neck.

“Her death was no dreadful accident because obviously had it been, the defendant would have called for an ambulance or started CPR or called for help.

“What he did was to remove her belongings and place them around the house.

“There were lots of other items in the house including women’s clothes and shoes distributed around the house.

“He had put on a pair of clear plastic vinyl gloves, they were later found in a bag of rubbish with India’s blood on the outside of the gloves.